HR 1541
107th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Agriculture and Food
Birth defects
Child health
Cost of living adjustments
Disability evaluation
Disabled
Disabled children
Environmental Protection
Families
Health
Herbicides
Hereditary diseases
Labor and Employment
Leukemia
Veterans' disability compensation
Veterans' medical care
Vietnam veterans
Vocational and technical education
Vietnam Veterans Children's Disability Act
Introduced: April 24, 2001
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 9, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Apr 24, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Apr 24, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Vietnam Veterans Children's Disability Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) identify diseases occurring in children of Vietnam veterans or other veterans that have a positive association with parental exposure to an herbicide agent before the date of conception; (2) include myelogenous leukemia among such diseases; (3) provide needed health care for such children's covered diseases or any associated disabilities; and (4) pay a monthly allowance to such children for any disability resulting from a covered disease, to be based on the degree of disability.
Authorizes the Secretary to provide vocational training to such children if the achievement of a vocational goal is reasonably feasible.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Committees of jurisdiction
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